Paul Graham -
Democracy and the Wikipedia - Fortune

Paul Graham -
Democracy and the Wikipedia

The second big element of Web 2.0 is democracy. We now have
several examples to prove that amateurs can surpass professionals,
when they have the right kind of system to channel their efforts.
Wikipedia may be the most famous. Experts have given Wikipedia
middling reviews, but they miss the critical point: it’s good
enough. And it’s free, which means people actually read it. On the
web, articles you have to pay for might as well not exist. Even if
you were willing to pay to read them yourself, you can’t link to
them. They’re not part of the conversation.